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Lane 11: Awee don't be upset! Kal is definitely not evil, especially when he starts experiencing some strange feelings. Thank you for reading and your review!

Chapter 4: A Proper Woman

Lois turned to see the man who was taunting her. When she did she wished she had continued to face the wall, her breath caught in her throat at the sight of him. He was tall, very tall, even with him being ten feet from her Lois could tell he would be looming over her frame. He wore dark riding pants which seemed to be a bit tight, along with riding boots. His shirt was black and embroidered with gold, a long chain hung from his neck. This man wasn't one of the men who had captured her, this man was royalty like her. "You can't blame a lady for trying." Lois straightened her back. "What have you done with the men that accompanied me before you captured me?"

Kal was not making out any better on his end. When he entered the room he just saw a woman trying to escape the room she was in. When she turned however and the faint glow of his torch caught cast a glow upon her face and his heart stopped. She may have been an enemy but she was so beautiful Kal didn't care. Kal frowned upon seeing her bloody face, he mentally reminded himself to severely hurt his brother later. Kal looked into her eyes and could see there was a small hint of fear hiding behind the strong façade. Kal let out a breathy chuckle and a his face broke into a cocky smile. "I did not capture you. Did my little brother hit you over the head that hard?" Kal placed the torch in it's stand before facing her once more. He took in her attire, her dress was torn and tattered, but it wasn't that detail that alarmed him, it was the color of her dress, a deep purple.

"I asked you a question sir," Lois deliberately used a term to show how little respect she had for him. "What have you done with the men that accompanied me this afternoon?" At his silence Lois raised her voice, "Answer you me son of a b*tch!"

Kal's head shot up at her lewd language. His eyes glowed mischievously, "And here I thought I was in the presence of a proper Metropolis woman."

"I learned long ago that proper is a word penned by men who only seek to enslave women with it." Lois took a step towards him.

Kal was officially intrigued, not only was she beautiful but she had a tongue that could cut rock. Kal had never met a woman like this one before. "I did nothing to them." Kal replied calmly playing with a ruffle at the end of his sleeve. "My brother tells me he let them go before stupidly taking you back here."

Lois released a breath happy to know that her advisors were safe and unharmed beside a few bruises that they had likely received before Loid had been found. She watched as he inched closer to her, the close proximity allowing her to take in his facial features, everything about him was intimidating, not only his build. His hair was shiny and looked soft as it was pushed off his face, except for a small strand that fell out of place and hung on his forehead. His eyes were quite possibly the bluest Lois had ever seen, even more blue than the sapphires that belonged to her back in Metropolis. However behind those eyes Lois could see him calculating his next move, and it frightened her somewhat. Every now and again something Lois couldn't quite place would flash in his eyes for a brief moment.

Something was still not sitting right with Kal when it came to this woman, her attire still raised many questions. Kal circled Lois before locking eyes with her finally asking, "Are you royalty?"

A brief sense of relief washed over Lois knowing that none of the men knew they had indeed captured the new Queen of Metropolis. Lois tore her eyes from him, "What would make you think that?"

Kal leaned into her, so close that she could feel his breath brushing against her eyelashes, "Your dress."

Lois quickly stepped away from Kal turning her back to him, somehow needing to create a distance between them. "A dress does not mean royalty sir." Lois took a breath before facing him. "A lot of women have nice dresses, perhaps in this country your women run around in their nightshirts and corsets."

Kal raised a brow before closing in on her once more, "But a lot of women do not wear purple. Even in my country purple is the color of royalty. And my men told me you were wearing jewels," Kal continued as he pulled Lois' earrings, necklace, and ring out of his pocket. Lois' jaw set upon seeing her father's ring in this man's hand, she wanted nothing more than to rip the ring from his hand but she knew it would be pointless. Lois had tried to fight off the bald man earlier and failed, this man was twice his size and looked powerful beyond comprehension. "So who are you? You were coming from the Metropolis army camp, so we can deduce that you are not Princess Lucy. Word in Krypton is that in Metropolis court she is know as Metropolis' mare because she is ridden so often. So I doubt she would be by an army camp unless it was to satisfy the troops."

The mans crude words directed at Lois' sister enraged her, yes she didn't respect Lucy and knew that she had indeed earned that nickname but she was still blood and to hear an enemy disrespect Lucy so easily did not sit well with Lois. "I'd show a little respect if I were you sir, Lucy may have earned that reputation but have no right to speak ill of her, you do not know her."

"Okay then." Kal smiled returning to his circling motion around her like a hawk circling its prey before stopping once again in front of her, "We know you are not Lucy." Kal continued, the smile never leaving his face, "And we know you are not Lois the new Quee-" Kal paused as his eyes fell on a ring in his hand, Kal had seen that ring before, in battle when he had taken on the deceased King of Metropolis. The only person to have this ring would be the Queen.

Lois' heart was beating so fast she was sure he could hear it himself. Before Lois was protected at least by the fact that they did not know who she was, now he had discovered that she was the Queen of Metropolis she was not sure what they would do to her. Lois' breath was becoming labored and her chest was rapidly rising and falling under her low cut dress. Even if she didn't speak a word her body's natural reaction was giving her away like a common thief after they had stolen bread from the market.

"You're Queen Lois." Kal spoke softly taking Lois by surprise. His voice did not give off a devious or menacing tone, it almost sounded sympathetic. Lois raised her shining eyes to look at him. She had no idea what it was about this man but for some reason Lois felt so drawn to him, that emotion scared her because she knew she needed to hate him.

Lois found her voice, though it was audibly shaken, "Have I, have I reason to fear?"

Kal turned his back to her startled at the emotions running through him. He was enraged that his brother would be so stupid to not only defy his specific orders that no hostages were to be taken, but to also blindly grab a woman who happened to be the Queen. This was not good, Kal had a plan for how Krypton would go about Metropolis and now everything was going to be put in jeopardy. But not only that, Kal was feeling sympathy towards the woman imprisoned in the room. He knew he shouldn't allow emotions to get in the way but something about the Queen struck him, the love of a woman is what had brought many countries to their knees he wouldn't allow the same to happen to Kyrpton. But once he looked in her eyes he knew that his convictions would be harder than ever, he felt for the Queen, she was all alone and afraid, she had every right to be. Multiple thoughts raced through Kal's mind before settling on one. Kal reached for his torch and began to make his way out of the cell. "Wait!" Lois called to him grabbing his elbow. "Who are you?"

Kal shrugged off her grasp before exiting the room shutting the door, as he looked in on her his resolve strengthened, he didn't want to leave her but he needed to act and quickly. "I am someone you do not need to fear."

His face disappeared from the door and Lois sunk down to the floor holding her head in her hands. Today could not have gotten any worse. Lois wasn't sure if she should trust the man that had just exited the room, her social skills were sharp but she wasn't that good yet. And to top it all off her father's ring, that was not hers, was now in his possession. Lois looked down at her bare hand and felt tears slip down her face, it was the only thing Lois had of her fathers and she had lost it in a matter of less than twenty four hours. In a matter of twenty-four hours everything had turned upside down. Maybe she wasn't destined to be the great ruler of Metropolis, the thought repeated over and over in her mind until Lois curled up in a ball on the cold floor trying to find something to calm herself.

Kal's long strides led him to the main hall where Lex was entertaining some guests. Kal grabbed his brother by the arm leading him out of the room before opening a door to a private study. Once the door was shut Kal threw his brother against a shelf of books. "Your hostage happens to be the Queen of Metropolis! You don't know what you have done!"

Lex broke into a smile, "Well Kal if we have the Queen of Metropolis we have Metropolis by the throat. Why don't we just slide the blade across their necks now and put them out of our misery, let's kill the poor cow."

Kal tightened his grip on his younger brother, his hair slowly becoming rustled by his brothers attempt to break the grip. "If you so much as lay a hand on her I swear I will make you a head shorter faster than you can blink!" Lex couldn't help but smile, who would have thought an enemy Queen could rile up the stone cold, coldblooded King of Krypton. "Call the men of council, get them in here immediately."

Lex rubbed his throat delicately before rushing off to gather everyone together. Kal grabbed a quill and began penning a letter that was to be sent to Metropolis immediately. While Kal was waiting for the men to arrive he rushed to the hallway to find one of his servants. "Ready my chamber, I want everything to be new, new bedding, new candles, and lay out some women's clothes. There will be a guest there tonight."

When no one was looking Kal blurred off to the area of the castle where Lois was being held. He approached the guard standing at the end of the hallway, "The lady is to be escorted to my room in an hours time. Make sure she puts up no fight and lock my chamber when you leave, I do not want her escaping."

"Yes your majesty." The guard nodded.

By the time Kal had returned all the men were gathered and eagerly awaiting the King. Kal took his seat in front of all his advisors before dropping the information on them, "We have a problem."

There you have it... Kal and Lois' first meeting. What did you all think? Do you like Lois not knowing right now who Kal is? What about these mysterious feelings they are suddenly feeling for each other? How will Kal go about fixing this problem his brother created? And Lois staying in Kal's room... where will that go? Stay tuned!